The first family of American independent animation, John, Faith, and Emily Hubley have all made their mark on the legacy in the field. Merging a playful sensibility with emotional realism that was considered, but never forced, multiple Academy Award-winning husband and wife team John and Faith used intimate field recordings of their children playing as soundtracks and were some the first animators to use celebrity voices like Dizzy Gillespie and Meryl Streep. John, who began working as an animator at Walt Disney Studios, moved to New York City and directed numerous short films before meeting Faith. During their marriage they collaborated on every film they created until his death in 1977. Faith continued to direct abstract non-linear animations that drew inspiration from the worlds of science, myth, and folk tales from around the world until her death in 2001. Today, their daughter Emily, who grew up working in her parents’ studio, makes her own animated films, including the 2009 feature “The Toe Tactic.”

Curator and historian Lowery Stokes Sims leads an hour-long public discussion in the gallery-situated studio of Maria Hupfield, currently featured as an artist-in-residence in Cycle 2 of Studio Views: Craft in the Expanded Field.

Receiving critical feedback from trusted peers and professionals is essential to any artist’s studio practice. For this program, historian and author Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts will lead an hour-long public discussion in the gallery-situated studio of Xenobia Bailey, currently featured as an artist-in-residence in Cycle 2 of Studio Views: Craft in the Expanded Field.

Learn how to create open-faced molds with artist-in-residence Mimi Bai. Visitors will imprint a variety of textiles and patterns into clay using their fingers and simple clay tools, and then learn how to mix and pour plaster to cast their own creations.